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G. VALIANT. BUTTON HOLE STRIP FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

No. 364,149. Patented Ma sl, 1887..

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BUTTON HOLE STRIP FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES. No. 364,149. Patented May 31, 188 7.

. UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFicE.

GEORGE VALIANT, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BUTTON-HOLE STRI P FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 364,149, dated May 31, 1887.

Application filed May .27, 1886. Renewed April 13, 1687. Serial No. 234,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE VALIANT, of Toronto, in the county of York, and in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Hole Strips for Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare thatthe following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a View in elevation of my improved button-hole strip as fastened to the edge of a boot-quarter; Fig. 2, a similar view of a portion of my strip as fastened to the pin'ked edge of a boot-quarter; Fig. 3, a plan view of the blank used by me in forming the button-hole pieces of which my button-strip is made; Fig. 4, a similar View of the blank as folded over a piece of cord or wire;.Fig. 5, a similar View of the folded blank shown in Fig. 4, crimped and bent so as to form the edge of the button hole with its folded edge; and Fig. 6, a detail view of one of the button-hole pieces, with a headpiece that can be stitched in between the edges of the button-hole piece to make the edge of the completed piece.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved button-hole strip for boots or shoes; and to this end my invention consists in the strip and in the method of constructing the same, as hereinafter specified.

In making my improved strip I use a number of crimped and folded button-hole pieces,

A A, which, being attachedtogether at their edges, form a continuous edgewise flexible strip. In forming each of-these' component parts of the strip I prefer to use the blank A, shaped as shown best in Fig. 3-that is, having the narrow middle portion, a, and the enlarged ends a a. As indicated by dotted lines at a a, I contemplate cutting away a portion of each end, such cut-away portions being on opposite sides of the strip, for a purpose to be hereinafter described. This blank is then folded on .the central longitudinal line, a: 00. By means of a suitable form or crimping device the folded blank is then crimped and bent into the shape shownin Fig. 5, with its ends close together, and its folded edge forming the edges of the button-holeshaped opening.

If desired, I contemplate inserting between.

the folds of the blank before it is crimped a a piece, A of string, wire, catgut, or equivalent material, which, when the blank has been crimped, will serve to re-enforce and strengthen the folded edge of the blank, as shown in Fig. 5. Such re-enforcing or strengthening piece is, however, not necessary to my invention. The pieces for forming the strip can be made with or without the inserted cord.

A number of these'buttonhole pieces, having been formed as described, are fastened together, so as to make a continuous strip, B.

The resultant button-hole strip is flexible edgewise, so as to be well adapted for attaching to the edge of a boot or shoe quarter, whatever the curvature of such edge may be.

The component pieces A A of the strip B can be fastened or attached together at their.

edges in any desired Way; but I prefer that shown in the drawings.

W'ith the portions of the blank cut away, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. '3 and 4, as the button-hole pieces are put together side by side, each piece will on one side have a portion, a, of a single thickness of material, projecting into the cut a in the next piece, and overlapping a portion of such piece, and on the other side asimilar projecting portion underlapping part of the adjoining piece and projecting into the cut or rabbet on the under side of such piece. When the button-hole pieces have thus been put together, a line of stitching, B, is run around their outer rounded edges which form the scallop of the strip, and inward between the button-hole openings, so as to fasten the overlapping and interlocking portions of the pieces together.

NVhere re-enforcing strings, wires, or cords A A are used, they can be tied or otherwise fastened together before the strip is attached or fastened to the edge of the boot or shoe quarter or extension thereof.

In Fig. 1, O designates the quarter of a boot or shoe, D the vamp, and E the quarter extension, to the edge of which my button-holestrip is shown as attached by means of a line of stitching, G. With such means of attaching the strip, obviously the ends of the re-enforcing cords or strings, Where they are used,need not be knotted together,as the line of stitching ICO- will engage such ends and fasten them suffi' ciently.

I contemplate, where desired, pinking the edge of the part of the boot to which the strip is to be fastened, so that, as shown in Fig. 2, it will have points H H, which will overlap the abutting edges of the button-hole pieces, and can be fastened to such pieces by extending the stitching around the edges of the points.

As indicated hereinbefore, the rounded outer edges, a a, of the button-hole pieces form the scalloped edge of the strip. The outer edge of the strip can be formed of the outer edges of bead-pieces I, as shown in Fig. 6, inserted and stitched between the edges of the buttonhole pieces.

The button-hole pieces, constructed in accordance with my invention for making my button-holestrip, can be made of leather, cloth, felt, or other desirable material capable of being crimped. They can be made of thin leather, so that a fly-piece or button-hole strip can be formed of the same material as the quarter of the boot, and yet be sufliciently strong.

My button-hole strip, made as set forth and shown','is ready for attachment to the-quarter edge of any shoe, being very flexible edgewise, and needs simply to have its inner edge stitched directly to such quarter edge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The method of forming a button-hole strip for boots or shoes, which consistsin forming a series of separate button-hole pieces by folding suitable blanks, then crimping them so as to form the button-holes with thin folded edges, and then fastening such pieces together in a continuous strip, substantially as and for the. purpose specified.

2. The method of forming a button-hole strip for boots or shoes, which consists in first making a series of separate button-hole pieces by folding suitable blanks and crimping them so as to bring their ends together, and then fastening the pieces together side by side by means of stitching joining their edges, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

3. The button-hole strip formed of a series of sections attached together side by side, each section provided with an entire button-hole, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The button-hole strip formed of a series of attached sections, each section forming an entire button-hole, and having its outer edge shaped to form a scallop of the strip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The huttonhole strip consisting of a series of pieces attached together, each one of which is formed of a piece of suitable material folded and crimped to form a button-hole with its folded edge, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The button-hole strip consisting of a series of sections having button-holes, and provided with overlapping and interlocking parts fastened together by stitching, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A button-hole piece or section for forming a buttonhole strip made of a piece of material folded and crimped so as to form a button-hole with its folded edge, and having on each side a projection on one of its folds and a corresponding rabbet in the other fold, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of March, A. D. 1886.

GEORGE VALIANT.

Witnesses:

ELMER P. HOWE, F. G. \VIIISTON. 

